This is what drives me crazy about people who try to argue that feminism isn’t needed because women have “already achieved equality.” Yes, we have come far – but we have to keep pushing forward. If we would put as much energy into equality as we have put into other avenues of advancement, we would be in a much different place by now.

Let’s take a minute to think about just a few inventions that came out of the last 100 years:

As a people, we have accomplished some amazing things. I can’t imagine living without air conditioning or a toothbrush! And I hope that 100 years from now (hopefully less!), people will not be able to imagine living at a time when 80% of our national legislators were male.